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From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
Subject: Re: Is fixing /bin/sh worthwhile?
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In article <1993Feb26.171630.28424@coe.montana.edu>, osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes:
|> 
|> What about gzipping alot of the executables on the
|> floppy (gzexe), and squish 'em down.  Would slow
|> down installation...  Might let you get more
|> on one floppy though.
|> -- 
|>  Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager                (406) 994-4780
|>  410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science
|>  Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717	osyjm@cs.montana.edu

Linux can load gzipped kernel. It can reduce the kernel size by about
50%. I love it on my bootable rootdisk. I beleive it can be ported to
386bsd without much difficulty.

H.J.